has already been granted an ambulance by Cusco's Regional Health Directorate (Diresa) to transport people suspected of having contracted COVID-19 and for use in other emergencies, Mayor Darwin Baca confirmed on Wednesday.
It is a modern type-2 unit for urgencies, which contains the equipment and tools necessary for the evacuation of locals, as well as of national and foreign tourists to hospitals located in the city of Cusco.
Said vehicle will be linked to the platform of a Perurail company locomotive, which will travel the stations from
Machu Picchu Town to Ollantaytambo and then continue its journey to Cusco.
"The ambulance was a concern that led us to sit down to talk with the Governor of Cusco Jean Paul Benavente and the Diresa head, and it has finally become a reality," he told Andina news agency.
This unit is the first that
Machu Picchu Town relies on after several requests. Until two weeks ago the municipality requested a rolling ambulance given that the town could only be accessed by rail.
The town of Machu Picchu registered up to 10,000 people, including locals, as well as domestic and foreign tourists.
Health emergencies or accidents used to be attended at a precarious health center belonging to the Ministry of Health, but it is now under reconstruction.